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CVE-2019-1616 — A vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services component of Cisco NX-OS Software c

A vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services component of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of Cisco Fabric Service

CVSS
8.6 HIGH
EPSS
0.82% (top 25.90%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2019-03-11T22:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-11-19T19:15:32.416Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the Cisco Fabric Services component of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of Cisco Fabric Services packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted Cisco Fabric Services packet to an…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoMDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switchesunspecified, unspecified, unspecified
CiscoNexus 3000 Series Switchesunspecified, unspecified
CiscoNexus 3500 Platform Switchesunspecified, unspecified
CiscoNexus 3600 Platform Switchesunspecified
CiscoNexus 7000 and 7700 Series Switchesunspecified, unspecified
CiscoNexus 9000 Series Switches in Standalone NXOS Mode — unspecified, unspecified
CiscoNexus 9500 RSeries Line Cards and Fabric Modules — unspecified
CiscoUCS 6200, 6300, and 6400 Fabric Interconnectsunspecified, unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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